Climate Grand Bahama International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Grand Bahama International Airport (MYGF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	83.0	74	85	88	91	81
February	75.8	92	79	86	43	77
March	79.7	84	86	80	53	84
April	78.6		78	84	74	76
May	82.9		91	83	88	80
June	81.0		84	77	80	81
July	87.1		90	85	91	84
August	86.1		87	88	90	83
September	85.5		88	85	86	82
October	81.0		93	91	58	80
November	84.6		80	78	86	81
December	83.7		84	87	85	91
Average	82.5	83.7	85.3	84.1	77.4	81.6

2nd best VFR conditions of Bahamas

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	98.3	99	99	95	99	99
February	94.9	100	100	99	68	99
March	92.7	99	98	99	54	100
April	96.0		97	100	84	99
May	98.2		100	96	99	98
June	97.0		98	92	97	98
July	97.9		98	99	98	98
August	98.2		99	98	98	98
September	98.4		98	98	98	98
October	93.1		99	100	61	99
November	97.1		98	89	99	99
December	98.2		97	99	99	99
Average	96.9	99.2	98.4	96.7	87.9	98.5

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	24.2	24	25	24	24	25
February	25.6	24	26	25	26	25
March	26.0	26	27	27	26	27
April	27.6		28	27	27	28
May	28.8		29	29	29	28
June	30.5		30	30	30	30
July	31.8		32	32	31	32
August	31.9		32	32	32	32
September	29.9		31	31	31	31
October	29.3		29	29	29	30
November	27.0		26	28	26	28
December	25.1		24	26	26	24
Average	27.7	24.6	28.2	28.2	27.8	28.3

4th highest temperature of Bahamas

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	17.0	17	18	17	17	18
February	18.3	16	19	18	18	19
March	18.9	19	20	20	20	20
April	20.6		21	19	20	23
May	22.9		22	22	21	24
June	23.7		22	23	24	24
July	25.1		25	26	25	26
August	25.0		25	24	25	27
September	23.1		24	22	24	24
October	23.1		23	22	23	25
November	20.9		21	21	20	21
December	17.7		19	18	18	17
Average	20.9	17.6	21.5	21.1	21.1	22.2

2nd lowest temperature of Bahamas

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	4.3	6	2	2	2	4
February	2.9	6	2	2	1	5
March	2.6	7	2	2	0	2
April	2.6		5	2	0	2
May	5.1		3	3	1	9
June	5.5		3	6	5	6
July	2.5		3	1	3	2
August	3.5		5	1	2	2
September	4.1		2	5	2	8
October	4.9		4	3	2	7
November	5.4		12	4	5	7
December	4.1		9	4	4	2
Average	4.1	6.2	4.3	2.9	2.3	4.5

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	10.0	11	9	10	9	10
February	9.2	9	10	10	11	11
March	9.8	9	10	12	10	10
April	9.7		10	11	10	11
May	8.5		8	9	10	10
June	6.7		7	8	9	7
July	6.4		6	10	8	8
August	6.6		8	8	8	8
September	7.0		7	7	6	8
October	8.3		10	9	8	8
November	9.4		10	11	10	11
December	9.3		11	9	8	10
Average	8.5	9.9	8.7	9.4	8.9	9.1

4th highest wind speed of Bahamas

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	101°	108°	007°	350°	100°
February	033°	149°	087°	163°	156°
March	127°	105°	116°	112°	106°
April		121°	104°	114°	184°
May		060°	118°	100°	118°
June		193°	159°	140°	126°
July		167°	137°	149°	145°
August		134°	128°	122°	139°
September		062°	117°	059°	108°
October		029°	034°	060°	099°
November		050°	042°	029°	071°
December		051°	043°	076°	046°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.